Improvement in wash-boilers



f v S. ADDINGTON MCGEORGE, OF ALMONT, MICHIGAN.

Letters Patent No. 86,568, dated Fcbrua/ry 2, 1869.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making parl: of the same.

To all whom it may conce/rn Be it known that-I, S. ADDmGroN McGEonGE, of

had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

lThis invention relates to certain'improvernents inautomatic Wash-boilers,-and consists mainly in the em ployment ofan inner boiler, or steamer, of` peculiar construction, in connection with the boiler ordinarilyrused. This inner boiler is provided with an elongated tube, or chamber, rising from its centre, a little more than half its height, which is covered with a flanged cap,

having slots upon each side, through which the sudsl is delivered. It has also a perforated cover, resting upon proper projections, through which the' suds is delivered, which pass up between the two boilers.

The object of this construction is to divide the boiler into two parts, as it were, by means of which the clothes are more easily, reached, and consequently more thol'-,

onghly cleansed, than when they are packed in a solid,

my invention;

Figure 2, a perspective view of' the steamer; and Figure 3, a plan view of my invention. To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe fully its construction and operation. v

I make theinner boiler or steamer, B, of tin or other metal, and of sucient size to fill a common stoveboiler, less half an inch space in length and width, and tive or sixinches less in height.v This steamer has eight or more holes -in its bottom, which are about half an inch in diameter, around which are soldered tubes, b b, which form the legs, and con.

duct the water to the space below.

It has also a slot about one half inch in width, and nearly the length of steamer, over which an elongated tube, B', is placed, which risesabout three-fifths the height of the steamer, as shown in iig` l.

This tube is covered with acap, 0, which has a flange, c, as shown.

It has also four or five slots, c', on-each side, through which the steam and hot suds will pass down through the clothes. This flanged cap prevents the clothes from packing, and separates the steamer, as it were, into two parts.

The steamer has also six or more brackets, fastened near its top, for the purpose of supporting the cover D.

This cover is made flat, with about twenty-ve holes, through which the suds passes and falls on the clothes. To operate and do the washing, place the steamer (iig. 2) in the stove-boiler, then fill the boiler, within one halt` inch of the steamer-bottom, with soap-suds. Next put in part of the clothes, taking care that a space be left above them, in order that the water may pass freely through the slots c. Next put on the cap.-

The-balance ofthe clothes lshould now be,laid in upon the cap, and the cover then be put in place.

Now, with a brisk re, a large quantity of suds will soon be forcing up through the tube B', and through the slots upon the clothes. A portion of the suds will also be forced between the steamer and stove-boiler, and flow overthe top of the steamer, and, passing through the holes in the cover, will fall down through the clothes. Both streams, however, will pass down the hollow legs .to their starting point below the steamer, to be again thrown up by the action-'of the heat.

VThe' clothes may be soaked in cold water over night, or in warm water one hour. Soap shouldV be rubbed on the collars and wristbands before putting in the boiler. The clothes should be boiled from fteen to thirty minutes, after which they will need vlittle or Vno rubbing.

By the construction herein described, an automatic boiler is obtained which delivers its streams of hot water and suds at two diierent points, one streambeing forced through the tube B', and the other through'the perforated coverD. lThe flange-cap also, ofthe tube iB', separates the clothes, so that they'cannot become packed, as is frequently the case in the ordinary forms of the automatic boiler.

It will be readily seen that this change in construction produces important results, one of which is, a much greater delivery of water than in any other automatic boiler.

I am well aware that automatic wash-boilers of variv ons forms are already in use. I therefore do not desire to claim broadly the operation of my device; but havingfully described my invchtion,

'What I do claim as new, anddesire to-secure by Letters Patent, is-

The automatic wash-boiler described, consisting of the steamer B, with legs b b, tube B', flange-cap C, and

cover D, the whole being combined as described, and

used in connection with an ordiuarywash-boiler, as and for the purpose set forth.

This specification signed and witnessed, this 61th day of January, 1869.

S. ADDINGTON MGGEOR'GE.

'Witnesses:

S. J. Noves, FRED. THOMAS. 

